This recipe was inspired by one I read in the Alcatraz Cookbook. When we were in San Francisco for Christmas, we toured Alcatraz. You have to walk through the gift shop to leave the tour. I bought the cookbook without really looking at it and I am really glad I did.

To counter the isolation of living on Alcatraz, they created social clubs. The wives of the prison guards made up the Alcatraz Women's Club and collected recipes for the cookbook. First printed in 1952 it features recipes that were popular at that time.